🔥 Express.js Authentication Boilerplate 🔥

A ready-to-use, secure, and scalable boilerplate for new Node.js & Express.js server projects.

This project is designed to help you skip the repetitive setup process. It comes pre-configured with a complete Authentication & Authorization system, so you can start building your core application logic immediately.

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🚀 Features Included

This boilerplate comes packed with essential features:

• 🔐 Secure Authentication: Full JWT (Access & Refresh Tokens) flow for user login and registration.
• 🛡️ Password Hashing: Uses bcrypt for securely hashing and comparing passwords.
• 🔒 Route Protection: Pre-built middleware to easily protect routes based on user roles or login status.
• 📦 TypeScript Ready: Built with TypeScript for a type-safe, scalable, and maintainable codebase.
• ⚙️ Environment Variables: All configurations are loaded from .env files using dotenv.
• ✨ Linting & Formatting: Pre-configured ESLint and Prettier for clean, consistent code.
• 🔄 Development Server: Uses ts-node-dev (or similar) for automatic server restarts on file changes.
• 🛡️ Robust Validation: Ready for Zod or Joi to validate incoming request bodies.

🛠️ Tech Stack

Category	Technology
Backend	Express.js
Language	TypeScript
Database	[MongoDB (Mongoose)] or [PostgreSQL (Prisma)]
Authentication	jsonwebtoken (JWT), bcrypt
Validation	[Zod / Joi / express-validator]
Config	dotenv
Dev Tools	ts-node-dev, eslint, prettier

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🏁 How to Use This Boilerplate

Follow these steps to start your new project using this boilerplate.

Step 1: Get the Code

You have two options:

Option 1 (Recommended): Use as a GitHub Template

1. Click the green "Use this template" button at the top of this repository page.
2. Choose "Create a new repository".
3. Give your new repository a name (e.g., my-new-api-server).
4. Clone your newly created repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/](https://github.com/)[YOUR-USERNAME]/[YOUR-NEW-REPO-NAME].git
   cd [YOUR-NEW-REPO-NAME]

Option 2: Clone Manually

1. Clone this boilerplate repository:

   git clone [https://github.com/](https://github.com/)[YOUR-USERNAME]/[THIS-BOILERPLATE-REPO].git
   cd [THIS-BOILERPLATE-REPO]

2. Remove the existing Git history to start fresh:

   rm -rf .git
   git init

Step 2: Install Dependencies

Install all the necessary packages.

npm install